Please all join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat:
http://forum.laptop.org/chat
Then type at bottom:
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AGENDA:
* Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. Next Billion Learner Program in Partnership with eKindling:
Philippines & New York
2. OLPC in Costa Rica, with Universidad de Costa Rica
3. Internet-based marketing and training - Makere University, Kampala,
Uganda
* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27
* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries
1. Next Billion Learner Program in Partnership with eKindling:
Philippines & New York
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66585
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/World_Wide_Workshop_Foundation
http://www.worldwideworkshop.org/programs/next-billion-learners
http://www.worldwideworkshop.org/olpcwiki/
http://activities.sugarlabs.org
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/EKindling
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]
Requests 8 XO-1.5s over 6 months
Project Background/Objectives:
The World Wide Workshop Foundation’s "Next Billion Learners" intiative
focuses on the development of creative learning software for low cost
laptops, in order to support 1:1 computing worldwide. Our goal is to
give educational opportunities to the next billion learners so that they
will become creative thinkers, learners and leaders with technology. As
the first project in this initiative in 2007-08, the foundation
partnered with OLPC to create the MaMaMedia Creative Learning Center, a
set of original Constructionist Learning activities for young children
in developing countries wherein the OLPC organization has been deploying
their laptop programs. The MaMaMedia Creative Center is based on
award-winning, kid-tested, hard-fun puzzles, digital toys, and
creativity tools from MaMaMedia.com.
The objective of the Next Billion Learner Philippines Project is to
integrate constructionist learning activities (e.g. MaMaMedia Creative
Center) into the educational programming of the first 1:1 Computing/OLPC
Initiative in the Philippines.
2. OLPC in Costa Rica, with Universidad de Costa Rica
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66827
http://www.rifed.ucr.ac.cr
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Requests 20 XO-1s over 24 months
Project Objectives:
Develop a workshop with 50 Faculty of the University of Costa Rica
and the
Ministry of Public Education to understand the educational and technical
characteristics of the OLPC;
Develop a Strategic Plan, with stakeholders from academic, public and
private sectors, for the implementation of a pilot experience of massive
introduction of OLPCs in one community in the country (to be defined).
Invite the general public to a Talk at the University of Costa Rica about
the current state of OLPC projects in the world, in particular in Latin
America.
Invite Ministers of Education, Science and Technology, Presidents of
Universities and Representatives of all Political Parties to a
Presentation
about Education in the XXI Century and OLPC, and the Strategic Plan
for the
introduction of OLPC in one community in the country.
3. Internet-based marketing and training - Makere University, Kampala,
Uganda
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=66843
http://kyowgp.blogspot.com
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Requests 3 XOs over 12 months
Project Objectives:
The project objectives include bridge the gap between rural producers
with the urban market efficiently, train farmers and the community about
internet based marketing and its advantages,introduce a sugar
community with
in our locality.
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